Happy post-Thanksgiving #CoatiMonday! So folks may know that I am willing to service-pred. It's not my favorite way to interact with friends, but I've seen coati mouths, I totally get why someone would want to hug my tongue. Seriously, our maws are just that good. And what the heck, I like bringing my friends joy. It's just, I hate to say, some of y'all can get *very* particular.

My own art, at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/54041496/

Happy first #CoatiMonday of December! For this picture I tried drawing with simulated pencils and simulated charcoals for coloring to see how it looked. It's ... not bad, really, and I need to learn better how to do it.

Original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/53939340/ and I should say the pose is referenced from Nancy Beiman's charming _FurBabies_ comic strip, particularly the one at https://www.gocomics.com/furbabies/2023/09/28

A special historic #CoatiMonday for you, thanks to @zorinlynx ...

So in 1995 I was trying to figure out my character, and thought, raccoons are great but aren't there already so many of them? (No.) And looking around for something raccoon-like on my new Performa 6115, with the New Grolier Encyclopedia CD-ROM, brought me to this, if I'm not mistaken, the picture that made me aware of coatis as a possibility and so the thing that made me the first coati in furry fandom.

Handsome creature, right? No wonder I was convinced.

Original art credit unknown; ask the Grolier people.

Another vintage and personal-history #CoatiMonday this week. I recently rediscovered this, which back around 1995-96 was *the* good picture of a coati that I could find on the young, tiny, pre-Google, pre-Alta-Vista Internet of literally dozens of web pages.

This was my background image for my Unix accounts at grad school and if I needed to show someone what a coati was, this was what I had to show them, and I used it as personal image on furry mucks for years. I should re-add it to my standard references for artists.

I regret that I no longer have the faintest idea what site this was from, or who to credit for the photograph. If it's you, or you know who it is, let me know because that would be *astounding*.

And a merry Frithmas to everyone this #CoatiMonday, whether or not you had a little accident with the Christmas tree farm's tree-baling machine! Don't worry, this is really no problem at all, I'm pretty sure!

BunnyHugger, the rabbit, is my dear wife who worries more than situations like this really deserve.

Picture by PandaJenn, https://www.furaffinity.net/user/panda-jenn/

New season, new icon! Changing out from the spirit of the season, by @bakertoons, over to ... a rare trophy, by also by @bakertoons.

I'm thinking to spend the harshest part of winter hanging out in the lodge of that naked white guy the Pink Panther keeps having to deal with.

Maybe mess with his dog who, you know, is faithful and true and all but also kinda Assigned Cop At Birth. We'll see who starts something first.

Yes, the Christmas season may be over by this #CoatiMonday, but that doesn't mean you can't still play with the tree-bundling mechanisms and ... uh ... maybe need a little help here?

Fun icon by @SqueakyCheeToy [ still open for commissions ] that I didn't think to ask for early enough this season, but that I expect you'll be seeing again in eleven months or so.

Don't worry, I'm sure this will be an easy one to get out of sooner or later.

You know what's a great way to keep warm on a chilly #CoatiMonday? Lava! And what better way to bring light to the world than be a lava lamp critter for yourself? Scuse me now while I put on some 13th Floor Elevators, maybe some Ultimate Spinach later.

Wonderful picture by FA/techno., but not yet posted to any galleries to my knowledge.

Letting you in on another great way to avoid the harshest parts of winter for #CoatiMonday today: sneak in somewhere and pretend to be an animal-skin rug! You get to rest by the fire of that Naked White Guy who's always harassing the Pink Panther, and as long as nobody sees you but his dog, you're living the life of ease.

Real-media pencil sketch by FA/Toonvasion. Not yet posted to any galleries to my knowledge.

Ever find yourself on #CoatiMonday in a bit of a Stitch? A friend who shall remain, for the moment, unnamed liked the idea of me as a genetic abomination and, sure, I'm for that, especially in Stitch's lovely six-limbed body plan.

So here's me doing a quick pose for you to admire how I look as multifur/coatitaur.

One of the happy things that can happen to you #CoatiMonday or any other day of the week is for wax robot fox Zukaro to basket you! And here, the artistic fox with the low melting point does as much for me, putting a lovely glossy shine on me in a cozy spot.

Original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/55373155/

Sure it's #CoatiMonday, but it's also the middle of Feb-roo-ary and I couldn't pass up the chance to let transformation master @chasetheredfox let me see how the other half hops! This isn't actually the first time you've seen Austin in a coati-(something) form, this thread, although it *is* a rare event, so I hope you enjoy!

15-minute quickie sketch from Chase's charity stream last week; I got quite lucky with the random draws.

Not yet posted to any art archives (so far as I know); will update if and when it is.

You know what else makes a #CoatiMonday thematically linked to the month? What's more Febru-airy than a semi-tangible spirit? Other than a pooltoy, which I didn't happen to draw. But I was trying some new ideas about how to draw translucent bodies and I'm always a good one for being a little bit ghostly and here's the happy result!

Original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/55648338/

Any calendar fan knows a leap year March starts out much like February and so this #CoatiMonday is a variant of February's first. When drawing me as a lava lamp FA/techno. did some color variants and here's a lovely one, in different lovely colored globs.

To date not posted on any gallery (to my knowledge); when it is, I'll try to remember to update this. In the meanwhile, please consider your day brightened by my participation in it and be careful about where you pick me up!

Observing a quiet #CoatiMonday with a vintage piece. You may have wondered whether the O'Reilly book series ever got a coati on a cover and, in the early 2000s, they did, using whatever 19th-century lithograph this is.

Sad for me, the book was one I didn't have any possible use for and was too expensive to have for just the mild souvenir value. And the book is now so out of print it isn't even listed on the Animal Menagerie search engine at https://www.oreilly.com/animals.csp

I may have retired for the moment @bakertoons's sweet trophy icon of me, but that doesn't mean the thought is wholly out of my mind. For this #CoatiMonday let me share my own take on the same premise, me just Gumping around, hanging out and sometimes messing with people who didn't notice me on the wall there. Again, don't worry about where my body is or what it's up to or how I'll get out of this fix; it's just a hangout.

My own art, original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/55229582/

And not to brag but I really like the job I did on the iPod Shuffle's tangled cables there.

Observing the last #CoatiMonday of March with a last look at a lava lamp. This is a color variant that FA/techno. did of me in a plastic, hot, and slightly psychedelic version. Love to bring a bit of glow to your lives like this.

So far as I know it's not uploaded to any archive, but I'll keep you posted.

(Chirps in holiday glitter.)

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/51714932/

Happy first #CoatiMonday of April! Not a lot going on here, just me trying out some new brushes on ProCreate and seeing what sort of a difference it makes. What do you think?

Original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/55964298/

Happy Eclipse #CoatiMonday! I didn't get a proper eclipse-themed picture together. Maybe for next time. But I've breen busy what with falling prey to Grape Dragon's scheme to build an army of goopified targets! And here I am, mutating to be grape, of course, but also vaporous. You know, it's not that bad, really, I could get into this and maybe fool some genies into thinking I'm one of them.

Original by FA/GrinchyinkReally and at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56147888/ as part of a mutation-themed YCH offering. If you'd like to see a montage of _all_ the people goopified by Grape, look at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56150297/ ...

I want to share my view of what happened during the #eclipse last #CoatiMonday, and as you can see from my own illustration here --- original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56280727/ --- I was having a perfectly fine time snagging and running off with the sun and I do not know why everybody else had to make such a big deal of it and get all tense and everything!

Also I'm really happy with how I drew my eyes here. That looks happy.

Happy #CoatiMonday and I celebrate Earth Day by recyling a pose! But the background and the planet are new so that's something worth your look, isn't it?

I apologize that there's not more to this picture but I realized in the shower this morning that it would be pretty easy to adapt the eclipse picture (see last week, or see https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56280727 ) to fit the day.

And a happy first really warm #CoatiMonday of the year! I have mentioned friends have helped lower my melting point to where I can get pretty fluid, which is always fun.

That's not to say I never feel overwhelmed by things or need to pace a little but at least that way, it's more fun.

Animation was a YCH offering by FA/Aver-Art.

Fun fact this #CoatiMonday: coatis belong to the superfamily Musteloidea, so the things you learn from drawing weasels and martens and otters teach you about drawing us. And like my distant cousins we enjoy a phenomenal natural innocence! See how good and nice I look?

This is mostly a quick doodle to test out some Procreate brushes that @Alairthephoenix sent me, in response to my hope for a brush that would make my art look more better-er. I'm liking this first test.

The pose here is closely referenced to one of the fine photos by Peter Lakomy at at https://peterlakomy.com/coati that show off how great we do look.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and can spend this #CoatiMonday admiring the aurora nasua! Here's my own rendition of this rare yet gorgeous spectacle.

You know how it is, now and then you're not feeling especially tangible and being a creature of light and ions feels particularly right, so here we are. My own art, original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56617992/ ... and will say, folks who try out SpinDizzy (https://muck.spindizzy.org/) can see me playing my character there as just such an illumination. Look for me in the evenings (US time) because, you know how it is.

The pose here is referenced from the top photo at https://feathertailedstories.blogspot.com/2013/01/white-nosed-coati.html

I'm feeling very flattered this #CoatiMonday! FA/techno. was good enough to draw this picture of me having a nice time as a cozy rug and even to drop in and share some pop.

Happy little pose that I don't believe is in any permanent galleries yet; I'll let you know if it is.

Tech tip for you all this #CoatiMonday! Have a digital-life friend such as @SimonTesla here? Don't want to carry your phone everywhere you go? You can just synch them with your personal data device and have all the benefits without their minding in the slightest! Let me demonstrate!

This is own art, original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56757831/ and my thanks go out to Simon for being nice and chill about what really is a jerk move.

So you should know this #CoatiMonday that I normally don't wear clothes, not unless the outfit is a friend I'm doing a favor for. But someone had been asking what I might look like as a drone and I'm not sure about that, *but* they suggested I try out this haz-mat snoot and what do you know? I think I look pretty good but must say, coatis look good naturally.

My own art, original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56843556/

Simple, back-to-basics sort of #CoatiMonday here with my own art, trying to do a picture of myself without any weird or exaggerated elements, just a fair attempt at getting the anatomy a little better than average. You know, to show I can do that before going on to something really wild.

Original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/57040619/

Oh hey, didn't see that coming this #CoatiMonday! But I was one of the lucky ones to have @kika let their isekai truck hit me, and now I'm in the fediverse somewhere?

Also SpinDizzy Muck, and a couple Discord and other groups?

All seems good, anyway.

I'm not aware of this being posted in any galleries and mean to include a link if I learn it is.

This #CoatiMonday I show you a sure way to beat the summer heat: be a water-filled pooltoy! Remember to leave some space so that, if the heat gets *really* bad, you can hide in the freezer a while without causing trouble. Also, pro tip: you want to be sure you've really exercised whatever it is pooltoys have instead of muscles to pull this look off.

My own art, original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/57123164/ and among other things a test of the challenges of drawing a transparent character. It's also loosely inspired by this one-page Richie Rich feature where Richie beats the summer heat while going into town to do some chores by wearing a body-fitting vinyl outfit with swimming pool water inside.

If you're wondering where my nozzle is, don't you worry, I'm keeping it safe.

We're into the hot months in my neighborhood so let's enjoy the benefits: a very goo'd #CoatiMonday! Why do you look so nervous, I'm not going to be less friendly just because we're past my melting point?

Fine art by Aver the Dorbley, who offered this as a PWYW YCH (https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56889782/ is the base; I don't know if it's still open), and made a great chance to let me be liquid.

Having a cozy #CoatiMonday here with my dear bride BunnyHugger. I'd hoped to draw this for Stitch Day but you know how life gets in the way, so while it's late the sentiment that it would be quite nice to be sleepy and together is there. And that as great as it is to hold a loved one, holding them more is even better.

My own art; original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/57306617/

Nothing like a good summertime #CoatiMonday! And with a bit of help from a wisely-considered potion, I'm getting my best summer body in! And you have to love how (sqrk)!

Summer Fun commission from foxxy-tf; original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/57453706/

This lazy summertime #CoatiMonday brings us back to my own art and one of the big questions of life, a would-you-rather about your limbs. @hexadoodle was good enough to give the definitive answer.

My own art, original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/57343316/ and inspired by a question that ran in the comic strip _Crabgrass_ a couple months ago ( https://www.gocomics.com/crabgrass/2024/06/01 ). The comic strip is pretty good; I recommend it.

And of course I thank @hexadoodle for being an expert in hand-foot swapping.

My tail is extremely long here because sometimes it's rather nice to have a Marsupilami-ish Extremely Long Tail.

Another great way to spend the sunny days of summer? Why not try being topiary? FA/KieliIndustries was grand enough to show what I look lke gone over to the photosynthesizing side of life, and it is a pretty cozy look, isn't it?

Real-media art, original scan at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/57422112/

And, you know, it'd be a shame to deny folks the delights of my mouth on #VoreDay, wouldn't it?

My own art, original at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/57672360/ ... for now.